Sukta 89

मो षु वरुण मृन्मयं गृहं राजन्नहं गमम्। मृळा सुक्षत्र मृळय॥

mo ṣu varuṇa mṛnmayaṁ gṛhaṁ rājannahaṁ gamam | mṛḻā sukṣatra mṛḻaya ||

LET me not yet, King Varuna, enter into the house of clay: Have mercy, spare me, Mighty Lord.

यदेमि प्रस्फुरन्निव दृतिर्न ध्मातो अद्रिवः। मृळा सुक्षत्र मृळय॥

yademi prasphuranniva dṛtirna dhmāto adrivaḥ | mṛḻā sukṣatra mṛḻaya ||

When, Thunderer! I move along tremulous like a wind-blown skin, Have mercy, spare me, Mighty Lord.

क्रत्वः समह दीनता प्रतीपं जगमा शुचे। मृळा सुक्षत्र मृळय॥

kratvaḥ samaha dīnatā pratīpaṁ jagamā śuce | mṛḻā sukṣatra mṛḻaya ||

O Bright and Powerful God, through want of strength I erred and went astray Have mercy, spare me, Mighty Lord.

अपां मध्ये तस्थिवांसं तृष्णाविदज्जरितारम्। मृळा सुक्षत्र मृळय॥

apāṁ madhye tasthivāṁsaṁ tṛṣṇāvidajjaritāram | mṛḻā sukṣatra mṛḻaya ||

Thirst found thy worshipper though he stood in the midst of water-fijods: Have mercy, spare me, Mighty Lord.

यत्किं चेदं वरुण दैव्ये जनेऽभिद्रोहं मनुष्याश्चरामसि। अचित्ती यत्तव धर्मा युयोपिम मा नस्तस्मादेनसो देव रीरिषः॥

yatkiṁ cedaṁ varuṇa daivye jane'bhidrohaṁ manuṣyāścarāmasi | acittī yattava dharmā yuyopima mā nastasmādenaso deva rīriṣaḥ ||

O Varuna, whatever the offence may be which we as men commit against the heavenly host, When through our want of thought we violate thy laws, punish us not, O God, for that iniquity.